Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara

There’s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that’s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every single day, not because of the surgeries themselves, but because of everything in between, from manual scheduling and coordination chaos to… Continua a leggere Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara

Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.  Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and… Continua a leggere Hardware’s brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt

Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says

Meta aims to make the text-based model better at coding while also exploring new world models that understand visual information and can reason, plan, and act without needing to be trained on every possibility.

OpenAI is reportedly trying to raise $100B at an $830B valuation

The ChatGPT maker is aiming to raise the funding by the end of the first quarter in 2026, and the company may ask sovereign wealth funds to invest in the round.

From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt? 

The hardware world had a brutal week, with iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filing for bankruptcy.  Each company faces its own mix of tariff pressures, supply chain issues, and shifting markets, but together they tell a larger story about the challenges of building physical products in an era of global trade tensions and cheap overseas competition. From… Continua a leggere From Roombas to e-bikes, why are hardware startups going bankrupt? 

Luma releases a new AI model that lets users generate a video from a start and end frame

Luma AI’s new model is available through the company’s Dream Machine platform.

Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation

Lovable has seen its valuation more than triple just five months after the company’s last funding round in July.

Amazon’s new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells

Amazon said that the feature uses the Ring doorbell’s video descriptions to determine who the person in front of the camera is based on their uniform, actions, and what they are holding.

Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its CEO as the Firefox developer scrambles to adapt in a rapidly changing browser market.

Google’s vibe-coding tool Opal comes to Gemini

The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool, which lets you build AI-powered mini apps, inside the Gemini web app, allowing users to create their own custom apps.